Category Archives: Pitch Correction

Most of us have heard of or seen what is known as a “Photoshop disaster.” You know what we’re talking about: a model with a missing hand, or an airbrush gone wrong. In other words, a completely un-natural and off-putting effect originally intended as an enhancement.

I would submit that the corollary in the world of music would have to be the misapplied Autotune, either as an overt effect, or a botched enhancement. Everyone knows about Autotune by now. It has become ubiquitous in all forms of pop music and is probably the most spammed effect in the modern music era. Just like previous signature sounds of an era – like gated snares in the 80’s, or overused guitar feedback in the 90’s – there will come a day when it becomes unofficially blacklisted for fear of sounding retro.Continue reading →

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Steven Nikolic is a veteran music producer and mixing engineer who has been composing, mixing and mastering music for himself and others for the past 17 years. Having been in music production for the better half of his life, he has seen work in almost every genre of music production: electronic, dance, pop, rock, industrial, hip hop, ambient, classical and soundtrack. As founder of platinumaudiolab.com his focus has been in promoting digital based music-making for everyone. Always open to collaboration, you can check out his some of his production history at the following soundcloud pages
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